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    BP Attempts to Plug Well: Endless Oil and Endless Blame

    BP has begun implementing " Top Kill ," to stop the Gulf oil gusher with mud under high pressure. Meantime, there's new evidence of warning signs before the explosion and more testimony that federal rules for deep sea drilling amounted to self-regulation.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    BP has begun implementing "Top Kill," to stop the Gulf oil gusher with mud under high pressure. Meantime, there's new evidence of warning signs before the explosion and more testimony that federal rules for deep sea drilling amounted to self-regulation. Pressure is building on the Obama Administration to take more decisive action, but there are doubts that it has the expertise or the technology.

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    Funding Schools and Plugging the Oil Well
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Karen Radziner

      Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Mark Schleifstein

      Times-Picayune

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      Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Rice University

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      US Political Correspondent, Financial Times

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    3 of 3
    Funding Schools and Plugging the Oil Well
    1. 0:00Raising Taxes to Fund Schools
    2. 19:58Republican Candidates for Attorney General
    3. 26:15BP Attempts to Plug Well: Endless Oil and Endless BlameYou’re reading this
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